Job 10
1 My soul is disgusted with my life; I will give free vent to my complaint over myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“Nayachukia sana haya maisha yangu; kwa hiyo nitatoa malalamiko yangu kwa wazi bila kujizuia, nami nitanena kutokana na uchungu wa moyo wangu.
2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; let me know for what cause thou contendest against me.
Nitamwambia Mungu: Usinihukumu, bali niambie una mashtaka gani dhidi yangu.
3 Is it well for thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst reject the labor of thy hands, and shed light upon the counsel of the wicked?
Je, inakupendeza wewe kunionea, kuikataa kwa dharau kazi ya mikono yako, huku wewe ukitabasamu juu ya mipango ya waovu?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or wilt thou see as a mortal seeth?
Je, wewe una macho ya kimwili? Je, wewe huona kama mwanadamu aonavyo?
5 Are thy days as the days of a mortal, or are thy years as the days of a man,
Je, siku zako ni kama zile za mwanadamu, au miaka yako ni kama ile ya mtu,
6 That thou inquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
ili kwamba utafute makosa yangu na kuichunguza dhambi yangu;
7 Still it is within thy knowledge that I am not wicked, and there is none that can deliver me out of thy hand.
ingawa wajua kuwa mimi sina hatia, na hakuna awezaye kunitoa mkononi mwako?
8 Thy hands have carefully fashioned me and made me; every thing is in harmony all round about; and yet thou dost destroy me!
“Mikono yako ndiyo iliyoniumba na kunifanya. Je, sasa utageuka na kuniangamiza?
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that as though I were clay hast thou made me; and wilt thou cause me to return again unto the dust?
Kumbuka kuwa ulinifinyanga kama udongo wa mfinyanzi. Je, sasa utanifanya kuwa mavumbi tena?
10 Behold, like milk didst thou pour me out, and like cheese didst thou curdle me.
Je, wewe hukunimimina mimi kama maziwa, na kunigandisha kama jibini,
11 With skin and flesh didst thou clothe me, and with bones and sinews didst thou cover me.
ukanivika ngozi na nyama, na kuniunga pamoja kwa mifupa na mishipa?
12 Life and kindness didst thou grant me, and thy providence watched over my spirit.
Umenipa uhai na kunitendea wema, katika uangalizi wako umeilinda roho yangu.
13 And yet these things hadst thou treasured up in thy heart: I know that this was [resolved] within thee.
“Lakini hili ndilo ulilolificha moyoni mwako, nami ninajua kuwa hili lilikuwa katika nia yako:
14 If I have sinned, then dost thou watch me, and from my iniquity thou wilt not declare me guiltless.
Kama nilifanya dhambi, ungekuwa umeniona, wala usingeacha kosa langu lipite bila kuadhibiwa.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me: and if I be righteous, I can still not lift up my head; I am sated with disgrace, and ever seeing my affliction;
Kama nina hatia, ole wangu! Hata kama ningekuwa sina hatia, siwezi kukiinua kichwa changu, kwa kuwa nimejawa na aibu, na kuzama katika mateso yangu.
16 And it constantly increaseth; like a fierce lion dost thou hunt for me; and again thou showest thyself continually wonderful on me;
Kama nikiinua kichwa changu juu, unaninyatia kama simba, na kuonyesha tena uwezo wa kutisha dhidi yangu.
17 Thou ever renewest thy witnesses against me, and causest thy indignation to grow strong against me; changes and multitudes [of sufferings] are around me.
Wewe waleta mashahidi wapya dhidi yangu na kuzidisha hasira yako juu yangu; nazo nguvu zako zinanijia wimbi moja baada ya jingine.
18 Wherefore then didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had perished, and that no eye had seen me!
“Kwa nini basi ulinitoa tumboni? Ninatamani ningekufa kabla jicho lolote halijaniona.
19 That I were as though I had not been, —had been borne from the womb to the grave.
Laiti nisingekuwako kamwe, au ningekuwa nimechukuliwa moja kwa moja kutoka tumboni kwenda kaburini!
20 Lo! my days are but few: cease, then, withdraw from me [thy hand], that I may recover my cheerfulness a little.
Je, siku zangu chache si zimekaribia kuisha? Niachie ili niweze kupata muda mfupi wa kufurahi
21 Before I go, and return not, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
kabla sijaenda mahali ambapo hakuna kurudi tena, katika nchi ya giza na uvuli wa mauti,
22 A land of utter gloom, as of the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the light of which is like utter gloom.
nchi ya giza kuu sana, yenye uvuli wa giza na machafuko, mahali ambapo hata nuru ni giza.”
